Lantern



E. FERRISS. LANTERN (No Model!) No. 582,728. Patented May 18, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

ED\VARD FERRISS, Oi PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,728, dated May 18, 1897.

Application filed March 21, 1896.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known thatI, EDWARD FERRISS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lanterns, and has for its object to provide efficient means for lighting the same, and, further, to provide a neat, simple, and attractive frame that may be easily and quickly attached or detached, as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lantern that will be extremely simple in its construction, strong, durable, effectual in its appearance, and comparatively ineX pensive to manufacture.

WVith the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views,in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved lantern. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the frame. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the globe. Fig. 4. is a side view of a portion ofthe globe corrugated surface for striking the match. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a portion of the globe.

In the drawings, 1 represents the base, provided for the oil, which is of the ordinary construction. On the cap or plate 2, adapted to fit on the top of the base portion around the burner, is provided hooks 3 3, and the frame is composed of one piece of wire formed in two side pieces 4. 4, shaped to conform with the globe and curved outwardly at their lower ends and engage in the hooks 3 3 and retain the frame in position. In forming these side pieces the wire is coiled at each side of the top of the globe, forming eyelets 5 5 for the Serial No. 584,291. (No model.)

reception of the handle 6 and a cross-piece '7, which engages on the top of the globe. An exterior flange S is provided near the top of the globe, having grooves 9 9, which receive the side portions of the frame and hold the same .in their position. To the top piece 7 is secured the cap or top 10, and a guardwire 11 is secured to the side portions of the frame near the point where the diameter of the globe is greatest. An aperture 12 is provided near the base of the globe, forming a match-passage, and the globe is also provided with a corrugated surface 13 for striking the match, which may be above the aperture, as shown, or at the side, as may be desired. A stopper 14 is secured to the guard-wire 11 by a small chain or other suitable means for closing the aperture to prevent extinguishment of the light.

The operation of my improved lantern will be readily apparent from the views of the same which I have shown in the drawings.

Ve will now assume for the purpose of illustration that the lantern is in the equipped form ready to be lighted for use. The user removes the stopper lat from the match-passage 12, strikes the match on the corrugated surface, and inserts the same through the aperture to engage the wick. The stopper is then placed in the aperture, which stops the flow of air through the same and prevents the extinguishing of the light.

When it is desired to remove the frame or globe, the lower ends of the side portions 4 4. are pressed in until they are disengaged from the hooks 3 3, when the frame will readily lift off the globe, and the same may then be lifted from its resting-plate and cleaned.

The lamp when lifted may be readily extinguished by removing the plug or stopper and blowing through the match-passage.

It will be observed that a lantern thus constructed will be particularly convenient for railroad-conductors, brakemen, and the like by reason of the ease with which the same may be lighted and extinguished, and, furthermore, will present a neat and attractive appearance. It will also be observed that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination, a lantern base having 5 hooks 011 two sides, a lantern-frame having spring side pieces resting on a central circular guard, the ends of the side pieces being curved and endingin enlargements, said sides engaging the hooks which rest in the curve 1.0 thereof, eyes formed in the tops of the side pieces, a cross-piece supporting the two ends 

